The McKay Avenue Wellness Center will move forward after the California State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) declined to include the property that would house the facility on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
9-8-8 & the City of Alameda CARE Team: A new nationwide 24/7 phone number for suicide prevention and crisis support was recently introduced: 9-8-8 is a new, easier to remember number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, but the Lifeline’s previous number, 1-800-273-8255 will remain a
Attention Alameda Residents: Your city needs you! There are a dozen different city boards and commissions whose members review a wide variety of city programs, projects, and policies, and make recommendations to the City Council.
When we rang in 2021, California’s “Regional Stay at Home Order” was in effect and the Pfizer vaccine was about to be distributed nationwide, having recently received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA.
After two years of construction, the renovation of Encinal Junior/Senior High School’s campus is complete. Last Friday, Aug. 6, students, staff, alumni, and community members gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the school’s new courtyard.
Members of the Youth Activists of Alameda (YAOA) discussed police reform with Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft and other Alameda officials at the mayor’s virtual town hall meeting Friday, April 30.
Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft is among the many Alamedans that support a bike-pedestrian only bridge connecting Oakland and west Alameda.
We’re making changes in Alameda and we’re involving the community. Incidents of racial injustice came to light across the country, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and too many other Black people before them at the hands of police.
The killing of George Floyd and other Black people by police has caused cities across this country, including Alameda, to ask what public safety should look like in 2020 and beyond.
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